Obscure Locks, Simple Keys: The Annotated 'Watt'

by C.J. Ackerley

Obscure Locks, Simple Keys is a comprehensive study of this most enigmatic of all of Samuel Beckett's texts. Chris Ackerley's approach, which has some similarities to genetic editing, is based on an extensive study of the manuscripts and different editions (including the French translation, overseen by Beckett himself) of the novel, and the long introduction covers the complex history of the book's composition and publication. The book includes a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748641513
• ISBN13: 9780748641512
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher